At the Intersection: Understanding and Supporting First-Generation Students

The experiences of first-generation college students are not monolithic.The nexus of identities matter, and this book is intended to challenge the reader to explore what it means to be a first-generation college student in higher education.Designed for use in classrooms and for use by the higher education practitioner on a college campus today, At the Intersections will be of value to the reader throughout their professional career.The book is divided into four parts with chapters of research and theory interspersed with thought pieces to provide personal stories to integrate the research and theory into lived experience.Each thought piece ends with questions to inspire readers to engage with the topic.Part One: Who is a First-generation College Student? provides the reader an entrée into the topic, with up-to-date data on both four-year and two-year colleges.Part One ends with a thought piece that asks the reader to pull together some of the big ideas before moving on to look more clo